However you want to down play it, it’s a storm that’s going to affect whole communities.In weather pattern terms, 8 years is nothing.
The main problem is poor / ineffective planning by local councils. Building houses near rivers means an increased risk of localised flooding. It's common sense to ensure that (preferably over) adequate flood defences are in place, particularly where there's a history of floods in an area, as in this case. Penny pinching causes more problems than the weather.
We're living in the 21st century, not the 17th.
You can take something for that you knowThink we had the worst of it yesterday and last night down here , twenty very wet badgers still came to be fed and the wind was nearly bending my trees
We don’t have to copy everything those idiots do, but electing idiot leaders seems to be catching onYeah but Yanks are mad
However you want to down play it, it’s a storm that’s going to affect whole communities.
I doubt these communities are currently discussing whether it is classed as a storm or not.
That’s down to fuddyduddies on the internet who like to reminisce about how bad the weather was when they were a lad and the snowflake society that naming weather has caused.
I guess you don’t bother with forecasts at all then as you can adapt whatever is thrown at you. After all, it‘d just be human error if anything happened to you. You should have known that that tree was going to land on your car as you’re driving home.Communities are affected every year by bad weather. Storms or not, the problem is exacerbated by local governments failing to address often very obvious problems.
It's probably cheaper for local authorities to shift a few people into temporary/safe accommodation for a few days than it is to provide long term solutions.
The weather is just weather. Any failure is down to humans.
Shower of drips.I've been there, actually been to both Middleton and Midleton. Lovely people. Hope everyone is ok. :-)
Mine when she ran out of fags when the rain was pissing down, literally fucking bouncing off the streets and kids could still buy fags.or as my mum would say ' it's a bit nippy outside, zip up '.
Seriously though. One month’s rain in one day. Call it whatever you like, I don’t care. The fact is the flash flooding was devastating.I've been there, actually been to both Middleton and Midleton. Lovely people. Hope everyone is ok. :-)